Cathartes aura
by posthumous

Comment by tanguera:
The heck with the bird. CHECK OUT THAT FLARE!!!!!

leeklight
by posthumous

Comment by Dennisheckman:
Nice light. Good contrast. My first impression was of leaves of corn.

leeklight
by posthumous

Comment by tanguera:
Lovely tones. (not voting)

Cathartes aura
by posthumous

Comment by mariuca:
"....let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens" - truly one day of the Genesis (and we have four in this challenge only!)

Cathartes aura
by posthumous

Comment by jmritz:
Nice use of glare

Cathartes aura
by posthumous

Comment by Abra:
This image grabs my attention and imagination in a wonderful way.

mystery
by posthumous

Comment by bergiekat:
Now that's what I'm talking about.
This is super! I love the abstractness and of course the lack of color. :) Nicely played!!

Cathartes aura
by posthumous

Comment by jmritz:
Full spectrum

Cathartes aura
by posthumous

Comment by DiscoVader:
I love the idea here. The pattern of the iridescence just turns out to be far to distracting and manufactured looking (perhaps because it was an aggressive crop on the original). That said, I think I would have liked this much more if you just cropped this much more tightly around the bird. The iridescence is just far too dominant and seems to be the subject of the photo.

mystery
by posthumous

Comment by PennyStreet:
darkness that rises from beneath ... I'll have to look out for that.